What Greek philosophy books should I read?

Theaetetus, if you are interested in the fundamental epistemological question: What is knowledge? Phaedo, for Plato’s take on the mind and soul. Meno, for Plato’s take on virtue and intrinsic ideas. Parmenides, a bonus book on Plato’s metaphysics.

Did Plato write for Socrates?

Plato (427 to 347 B.C.E) is especially important to our understanding of the trial of Socrates because he, along with Xenophon, wrote the only two surviving accounts of the defense (or apology) of Socrates. Almost all of Plato’s writings date from after Socrates’s trial and execution.

What are Aristotle’s best works?

Aristotle: Five Key Works

• No. 1: Nicomachean Ethics. Based on notes from his lectures in the Lyceum, Aristotle posits happiness (eudaimonia) or ‘living well’ as the primary goal in human life.
• No. 2: Politics.
• No. 3: Metaphysics.
• No. 4: Poetics.
• No. 5: On the Soul (De Anima)

What are some of the best Ancient-Greek books on philosophy?

Books shelved as ancient-greek-philosophy: The Republic by Plato, The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Phaedo by Plato, Apology by Plato, and The Symposi…

What are the best books on philosophy you have read?

The best & most important philosophy books ever written. Five Dialogues of Plato; Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle; The Republic by Plato; Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes; Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche; Philosophy of mind books. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstader

Is “reading in Ancient Greek philosophy” still relevant?

* More than twenty years later that prediction has been borne out: Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy still stands as the leading anthology of its kind. It is now stronger than ever:

What are the classical books on philosophy?

Classical Books on Philosophy. The Dialogues (Gorgias, Meno, Theatetus, Sophist, Symposium, Phaedrus, Timaeus, The Republic) – Plato. “Plato, the greatest philosopher of ancient Greece, was born in Athens in 428 or 427 B.C.E. to an aristocratic family. He studied under Socrates, who appears as a character in many of his dialogues.